The Editor's Desk

Radley Balko, a senior editor at libertarian-leaning Reason magazine, has done a lot of analysis about the use and misuse of SWAT raids, as well as reporting on other misuses of power within the justice system in the United States. Reason magazine’s blog, Hit and Run, was where I first found out about the deadly, misguided SWAT raid in Virginia I used as an example in a recent editorial.

Balko’s own blog is here, if you’re interested in following these issues. I got more interesting responses from my SWAT editorial than I expected. I’m just horrible at predicting people’s responses to the things I write about.

Oh, and I’m not promoting Balko’s blog simply because he recently complimented my SWAT editorial in it. I had totally planned to mention him a week ago here in my blog. Totally. Really.